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UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF ONEIIALF TO CHARLES II.

BIHLMAIER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-=FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,667, dated April 27, 1897'. Application filed June 22, 1896. Serial No. 596,446. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. ROGGEN- TINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in car-fenders and wheelguards, the object of the same being to provide a fender which is completely under the control of the 1l10l1OIlIltD,Wl1lCl1 maybe folded up out of the way or adjusted at any desired angle, and in which the wheel-guard may be operated directly by the motorman or may be thrown into operation by the raising of the forward end of the fender caused by striking an obstruction in the road.

The invention consists of a fender pivoted to the front of the car, having side arms there on which are connected at their front ends by a rubber-covered roller and a cross-arm at the rear end, around which a coil-spring passes which tends to normally urge said fender upwardly, and a wheel-guard located just in advance of the front wheels of the car, made up of a pair of curved plates pivoted to the rod on the under side of the car and converging toward their front ends, a spring for normally holding said plates in their upper position and a toe-piece pivoted to the forward end of said rod and adapted to engage the front ends of said curved plates, means for throwing the parts of said guard down into engagement with the ground, and which is adapted to be thrown into operation by the motorman or by the sudden elevation of the fender-frame caused by the meeting of an obstruction in the road.

The invention also consists in other details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my device, the fender being shown in full lines in its downward position and in dotted lines in its elevated position. Fig. 2 isasimilar View showing the position of the fender and guard when the former has been slightly raised by an obstruction in the roadway. Fig. 3 is a top plan View. Fig. 4 is a front elevation with the fender-frame raised. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 6 is a vertical central longitudinal section. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the side plates of which the guard is made up. Fig. 8 is a similar view of the toe-piece of said guard. Fig. 9 is a perspective detail View.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

My improved fender is adapted to be attached to an ordinary car 1, mounted upon wheels 2 2 and provided with the usual dashboard 3 at the front thereof.

Pivotally mounted in the front end of the car 1 is a fender-frame 4, made up of side bars 5 5, which are covered with suitable wire-netting or other resilient material 6 and are connected at their forward end by a rubber-covered roller 7. The rear ends of the arms 5 5 are connected byacross-bar 8, having an arm or projection 9 thereon at its central point. This cross-bar is mounted to rotate in the forward looped ends of rods 10 10, which are secured in brackets 11 11 on the under side of the car 1. A eoilspring 12 encircles the cross-bar 8, is attached at each end to the rods 10, and engages the rear side of the arm 9, thereby tending to normally urge the fender-frame l upwardly. Rising from the forward end of the car 1 just in front of the dasher 3 are uprights 13 13, having guideloops 1% in their upper ends.

Pivotally connected to the rear end of the fender-frame 4: is a supplemental fender or guard 15, made up of the side bars 16 16, covered with wire-netting or other resilient material, the upper ends of the side bars 16 being folded back upon themselves, forming arms 17 17, which project through the loops or rings 14 in the upper ends of the uprights l3.

Projecting through the car 1 is a brake-lever 18, located just in the rear of the dashboard 3 and provided with a crank or operating-handle 19 upon its upper end. It also has a ratchet-wheel 20, secured to it just above the floor of the car 1, which is engaged by a spring-actuated pawl 22 for an obvious to a segmental clip 24, loosely mounted upon the cross-bar 8 of the fender-frame 4 and engaginga loop 12 in the spring 12. This mechanism is provided for the purpose of relievin the pressure of the spring 12 from the arm 9 of the fender-frame 4:, the same being effected by turning the brake-lever 18 so that the cord or chain 23 is wound thereon, withdrawing the segmental clip 24, and taking up the pressure of said spring.

Secured to the under side of the car 1, just in advance of the front wheels 2 of said car, is a rod or bar 25, whose side arms 26 con verge toward the front of the car, as clearly shown. Pivoted to the side arms 26 are curved plates 27 27, which are normally held in raised position by springs 28 28, attached to the sides of said plates just above their pivotal con nection with the arms 26, which spring is also connected to the under side of the car 1. The forward ends of the arms 26 26 are connected by a cross-bar 29, which is in a plane slightly higher than said arms. To this cross-bar is pivoted a curved toe-piece 30, which bears against the forward end of the curved plates 27 and is connected through a lug 31 at its upper end and a pitman 32 with one arm of a bell-crank lever 33, fulcrumed on the under side of the car 1. The other arm of said bellcrank lever is adapted to be engaged by a foot-lever 34, projecting up through the bottom of the car 1 within easy reach of the motorman.

By this construction it will be seen that by depressing the foot-lever 34 the bell-crank lever 33 will be rotated in its bearings, throwing down the lower end of the toe piece 30 and depressing the curved plates 27. The arm 35 of the bell-crank lever 33 has a slot 36 therein, through which projects a notched bar 37, which is pivoted at its forward end to the arm 9 on the cross-bar 8. The notches in said bar are adapted to engage the lower end of the bell-crank lever, so that when the fender-frame 4 is elevated by an obstruction met with in the roadway said notched bar will be drawn forwardly through its connection with the arm 9 on the cross-bar 8, and the wheel-guard, consisting of the plates 27 and the toe-piece 30, will be thrown down into contact with the ground. The lower edges of the plates 27 and of the toe-piece 30 may have mounted in them wheels or rollers 33 38, which form an antifriction-bearing for the wheel-guard when brought down into engagement with the ground. Projecting through the floor of the car 1, adjacent to the brake-lever 18, is a trip-lever 39, having a flange 40 upon its lower end, which rests beneath the notched bar 37 to throw the same out of engagement with the bell-crank lever 33 to permit the fender-frame 4 to be folded up against the car or to be adjusted at any desired angle.

From the foregoing description it is thought that the operation of my device will be readily understood, and a further detail description thereof is not deemed necessary.

Having now described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.. The combination with a car, of a fenderframe at the front end thereof, the same being made up of side arms connected by wirenetting or other resilient material, a crossbar connecting the rear ends of said arms and mounted in hearings on the underside of said car, an arm on said crossbar, a spring sur rounding said cross-bar and engaging said arm and means for relieving said arm from the pressure of said spring, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a car, of a fenderframe at the front end thereof, the same being made up of side arms connected by wire nettin g or other resilient material, a cross-bar connecting the rear ends of said arms and mounted in bearin gs on the under side of said car, an arm on said cross-bar, a spring surrounding said cross-bar and engaging said arm, a segmental clip or collar loosely mounted on said cross-bar and attached to said spring at a point adjacent to the arm on said cross-bar, a brake-lever and a cord or chain upon the lower end of said brake-lever attached to said clip or collar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination with a car having a dashboard thereon and uprights, having loops or rings in their upper ends, secured to the forward end of said car just in advance of said dashboard, of a fender-frame pivoted to the forward end of said car and a supplemental fender-frame pivoted thereto, having side bars thereon which are bent back upon themselves and fit within the openings in said uprights, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination with a car, of a bar secured to the under side thereof, the arms of which converge toward the front of the car, a pair of curved, angularly-arranged guardplates pivoted to said arms, a spring attached to the bottom of the car and connecting said plates at the edges thereof which project above their pivotal connections with said arm, a curved toe-piece pivoted to the forward end of said bar whose rear surface engages the forward ends of said curved plates, a, bellcrank lever fulcrumed on the under side of the car, a foot-lever projecting through said car and engaging one arm of said bell-crank lever and a pitman connecting the other arm of said bell-crank lever with a lug or projection on the upper end of said toe-piece, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination with a car, of a fender pivoted to the forward end thereof made up of a pair of side arms and a cross-bar connecting said arms at their rear ends, an arm on said cross-bar, a notched bar pivoted to said arm and extending rearwardly therefrom, a wheel-guard made up of a pair of curved plates pivoted to the under side of the car and converging toward the front end thereof, a toe-piece pivoted to the under side of the car, whose rear face is adapted to engage the front ends of said curved plates, a bell-crank lever fulerumed in the under side of the car, a footlever projecting through the bottom of the ear and adapted to engage one arm of said bell-crank lever and a pitman connecting the other arm of said bell-crank lever with a lug or projection upon the upper end of said toepiece, the said notched bar passing through a slot in the lower arm of said bell-crank lever, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination with a car, of a fender pivoted to the forward end thereof made up of a pair of side arms and a cross-bar connecting said arms at their rear ends, an arm on said cross-bar, a notched bar pivoted to said arm and extending rearwardl y therefrom,

a wheel-guard made up of a pair of curved plates pivoted to the under side of the car and converging toward the front end thereof, a toe-piece pivoted to the under side of the car, whose rear face is adapted to engage the front ends of said curved plates, a bell-crank lever fulcrurned in the under side of the car, a footlever projecting through the bottom of the car and adapted to engage one arm of said bell-crank lever and a pitman connecting the other arm of said bell-crank lever with a lug or projection upon the upper end of said toepieoe, and a trip or release lever projecting through the floor of the car, having a flange upon its lower end which rests beneath said notched bar, the latter projecting through a slot in one arm of said bell-crank lever, sub stantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. ROGGENTINE.

Witnesses:

HARRY R. DUNN, C. II. BIHLMAIER. 

